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1 Samuel 27:8

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the Geshurites: Joshua 13:2, Joshua 13:13; 2 Samuel 13:37-38, 2 Samuel 14:23, 2 Samuel 14:32, 2 Samuel 15:8; 1 Chronicles 2:23

Gezrites: or, Gerzites, These people seem to be the Gerrhenians (2Macc 13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.

the Amalekites: Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:29; 1 Kings 9:15-17

as thou goest: 1 Samuel 15:7-8, 1 Samuel 30:1; Exodus 17:14-16

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